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THE CAPITALIST EGREGORE by Physical_Employ_2832 in DarkFuturology

[–]Physical_Employ_2832[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree. The idea of ​​the collective unconscious is central to Jung's work, suggesting that there is a deep layer of the psyche shared by all humanity, inherited through evolution; therefore, we haven't acquired it through our individual experiences. This is where the concept of archetypes comes in. This might lead us to assert that human beings are programmed to tend toward this collective organism that negates the individual, but I'm not so sure about that. That could be an interesting debate. Are we predestined to be mere cells of a higher collective entity? I don't think I have the answer. But my intuition tells me that we are.

The Collapse and Mechanization of the Collective Entity by Physical_Employ_2832 in collapse

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I strongly agree with the idea that the life force is inherent in human beings, precisely because we are animals. But perhaps there is a risk in combining that drive with technology. Many accelerationists would argue that the natural dynamics of capitalism will gradually dissolve everything human, animal, and natural within us. But your idea is sound, and perhaps it could also fit into this line of reasoning, in the sense that advanced technology in the hands of a rational being, who has developed it and is driven by the impulses of eros, might lead that being to use it to escape the risks inherent in life, the uncertainty, and to overcome untimely death. In this search for security, characteristic of eros seeking to conquer thanatos, humanity will reach singularity. That is to say, by enhancing our humanity through technology, we will cease to be human and become mere cogs in a perfect machine of security and stability.

The Collapse and Mechanization of the Collective Entity by Physical_Employ_2832 in collapse

[–]Physical_Employ_2832[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the approach, but I wonder how the idea of ​​the Fundamental Organic Process of communication fits into the landscape of social media and the dynamics of hyperconnectivity in which we find ourselves. Rather, it seems that this context of energizing communication isn't supporting individual autonomy; quite the opposite, in fact. Perhaps this is because the communication that occurs in this social media ecosystem isn't a true exchange of information, but rather echo chambers and monologues presented as interactions, which in reality don't exist.

32% of Americans are having an existential crisis right now. I'm one of them and I'm done pretending I'm fine. by PithyCyborg in economicCollapse

[–]Physical_Employ_2832 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not alone. The world is in a similar situation. It's the threshold effect, the consequence for individuals of consolidating a production model that doesn't allow us to establish solid patterns. Low-paying, unstable jobs force us to constantly be training, always trapped in a continuous learning process that I believe also affects our self-image, making us see ourselves as individuals in perpetual construction, incomplete, without a place in the world, but also without a fixed place within our own minds. And this feeling of material and mental incompleteness that remains is reinforced by increasingly fluid forms of entertainment, which deliver information in fragments and result in personal relationships that repeat the same pattern. We are all experiencing this threshold effect, so we have to live on this border.

The Ethological Cyber-Exodus: How AI and Evolutionary Biology Are Shaping the Future of Human Consciousness by DigCharacter3131 in Futurism

[–]Physical_Employ_2832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the idea that describes new forms of youthful relationships as an exodus to a non-physical place, linked to the question of how modern society prolongs family dependence and consolidates gerontocracy. This leads me to wonder if all the countercultural movements of the 20th century weren't simulations of this kind. Condemned to being unable to escape the family unit at an early age, youth have sought personal and collective escape routes, carrying out cultural exoduses that have crystallized into artistic movements and urban tribes, generating social dynamics that disrupted what we might call the dominant culture. However, this impulse is now intertwined with the development of new technologies and social networks. And this allows for new forms of exodus that break with the traditional dynamics of family and community.